Health

When’s the Perfect Time to Get a Flu Shot?

Experts can’t agree.

Long COVID Has Forced a Reckoning for One of Medicine’s Most Neglected Diseases

Only a couple dozen doctors specialize in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Now their knowledge could be crucial to treating millions more patients.

The Glory of Feeling Fine

People seem cursed to take being well for granted. Can we change?

The ‘End’ of COVID Is Still Far Worse Than We Imagined

Even now, the coronavirus is killing three times as many people as the flu.

Fauci Addresses ‘The Pandemic Is Over’

President Biden’s controversial remarks, Fauci says, are a matter of “semantics.”

The Fatal Error of an Ancient, HIV-Like Virus

It got too cozy with its host.

The Other Abortion Pill

In the U.S., medication abortion usually consists of two drugs. One of them has always mattered more.

Hundreds of Americans Will Die From COVID Today

Is this what normal now looks like?

Polio Is Exploiting a Very Human Weakness

The world has been so close to eradicating polio for so long—which is exactly why the virus is staging a comeback now.

Should Your Flu and COVID Shots Go in Different Arms?

Welcome to the two-vaccine conundrum.

What They Aren’t Telling You About Hypoallergenic Dogs

There’s no such thing as a dog that can’t cause allergies.

The Myopia Generation

Why do so many kids need glasses now?

One of Long COVID’s Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood

Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard.

California’s Water-Saving Policies Could Start a Mini Dust Bowl

Conserving groundwater could lead to dirtier air in some of the state’s most vulnerable communities.

Are We Really Getting COVID Boosters Every Year Forever?

Prepare yourself for a lifetime of fall vaccine campaigns.

The Strongest Signal That Americans Should Worry About Flu This Winter

An unnerving flu season in the Southern Hemisphere bodes poorly for those in the north.

Making Insulin Cheaper Isn’t Enough

If the drug becomes significantly cheaper than newer, better diabetes treatments, more people could die from the disease.

Foreign Candy Puts American Candy to Shame

It’s so much more than the flavors.

You’ve Probably Seen Yourself in Your Memories

Remembering your life in the third person is a little creepy and surprisingly common.

‘It Just Seems Like My Patients Are Sicker’

For much of the pandemic, Americans put off nonemergency health care. That could haunt us for years to come.